Museum Musica

Zhanteimi · 09-26-2018, 10:34 PM

0014 Grupo Um - Marcha sobre a cidade
(Brazil, 1979, vanguarda paulista / jazz fusion / avant-garde jazz)

I love jazz but am not confident in talking about it. I'm never sure what to say. I guess I feel a bit intmidated by the genre. Well, this out-of-the-way classic helps kick off the vanguarda paulista movement in São Paulo, a short-lived communal experimentation in the creation of music without major label backing. The avant-garde leanings of the genre enticed me to dig a little deeper, and finding this album was the result of a very short search. Side B really breaks things down--in a good way--from the beginning with a lot of experimentation with minimal percussion and silence before launching into a fuller jazzy groove.

Zhanteimi · 09-27-2018, 06:24 PM

0015 Alas - Pinta tu aldea
(Argentina, 1983, progressive rock / jazz fusion)

I'm working through my digital collection and getting FLAC copies of everything I can. This is one of my recent FLAC upgrade acquisitions. I'm excited to make these upgrades and enjoy rich, new sounds through my high-end Sennheiser cans. Here's another album that plays it safe on side A and brings the fire on side B. I guess side A is just getting me in the mood, what with its energetic organ work, warming me up for the beautiful "La caza del mosquito". There's a shift of tone here, one from driving synths to ethereal flutes that make you feel like you're on a mountaintop. Not only elevated but alone. This really is an album of two halves.

adidasss · 09-28-2018, 06:59 AM

Why are you deleting your old posts?

Zhanteimi · 09-29-2018, 04:22 PM

I have mental problems.*

*I'm a man-child.

Zhanteimi · 09-29-2018, 10:14 PM

0016 Homunculus Res - Della stessa sostanza dei sogni
(Italy, 2018, Canterbury scene)

Canterbury scene in 2018? From Italy? This is going to be weird...nope boring. Well, wait. The first track is standard old dusty Canterbury scene, but with the second track we start hearing a distinctive Italian twist on it. The album's highlight is "Se la Mente mentisse", the only track that suddenly and randomly has female vocals, not something common in this genre, whose tubular propensity is rivaled only by metal.

Zhanteimi · 10-01-2018, 05:18 PM

0017 Sigur Rós - Takk…
(Iceland, 2005, post-rock)

Every time I listen to this album, I love it more. This is a unique band for me, since I often sing along with them, having no idea what I'm singing. It's all phonetic anyway, but the fact that they can anchor the vocals in my mind without providing any meaning allows me to consider the vocals to be just another instrument in their triumphant, uplifting soundscape. This beautiful album can evoke emotions from me like few other pieces of music can. I went over to my friend's apartment one day, and he sat me down in front of his huge speakers, turned off the lights, and played for me a song. I didn't know who it was by. He just wanted me to listen to it. So I did. Full disclosure: he had kick-ass speakers, so anything would've sounded impressive. Listening to this song was like entering a faerie land, and not the cartoonish Disney kind. I mean the proper faerie realm, one supremely pagan and one that is equal parts beautiful and dangerous. That song was "Sæglópur", and it was the beginning of my love affair with Sigur Rós' music.

Zhanteimi · 10-02-2018, 05:24 PM

0018 Marek Grechuta - Droga za widnokres
(Poland, 1972, poezja śpiewana)

I first stumbled across the poezja śpiewana genre when I found Ewa Demarczyk's 1967 gem, Ewa Demarczyk śpiewa piosenki Zygmunta Koniecznego. I think I was poking around for non-English language music and found her, was impressed by what I was hearing, and searched out more of that genre. I can't understand a word, of course, but there are translations, and for me, there's some charm also in not understanding the meaning but rather immersing myself in the sung stanzas of Polish poetry. The Russians do something like this, too: setting poetry to music. The jazz piano flourishes work well. "Pewność" is by far the best song on this album.

Zhanteimi · 10-02-2018, 06:41 PM

0019 Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
(Canada, 2006, chamber pop)

Not only is the violin playing masterful, he does so while singing some pretty surreal songs. I also enjoy the unusual, progressive structure of the tracks. This isn't related to the music, per se, but I'm wondering what kind of relationship Owen Pallett had with Sufjan Stevens.

Zhanteimi · 10-03-2018, 05:22 PM

0020 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
(USA, 1971, funk rock / funk)

This is a first listen, and oh my goodness! I should've known. The magic that is the year 1971. I wonder if it's a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point--I just expect 1971 albums to be amazing so I make them so in my mind? Nope. Can't be that. I was slain from the opening track, with that psychedelic, apocalyptic guitar. I've rarely heard anything so soothing and hypnotic. Eddie Hazel, where did you learn to play like that? The rest of the album is pretty great, the other high point being "Super Stupid", but nothing compares to the epic opening track. It's like it opened a door to another realm. Dude's playing his guitar as if his mother had just died.

**Frownland** · 10-03-2018, 05:25 PM

Quote:

According to legend, George Clinton, under the influence of LSD, told Eddie Hazel during the recording session to imagine he had been told his mother was dead, but then learned that it was not true.

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09-26-2018, 10:34 PM	#881 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0014 Grupo Um - Marcha sobre a cidade (Brazil, 1979, vanguarda paulista / jazz fusion / avant-garde jazz) I love jazz but am not confident in talking about it. I'm never sure what to say. I guess I feel a bit intmidated by the genre. Well, this out-of-the-way classic helps kick off the vanguarda paulista movement in São Paulo, a short-lived communal experimentation in the creation of music without major label backing. The avant-garde leanings of the genre enticed me to dig a little deeper, and finding this album was the result of a very short search. Side B really breaks things down--in a good way--from the beginning with a lot of experimentation with minimal percussion and silence before launching into a fuller jazzy groove. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:27 PM.

09-27-2018, 06:24 PM	#882 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0015 Alas - Pinta tu aldea (Argentina, 1983, progressive rock / jazz fusion) I'm working through my digital collection and getting FLAC copies of everything I can. This is one of my recent FLAC upgrade acquisitions. I'm excited to make these upgrades and enjoy rich, new sounds through my high-end Sennheiser cans. Here's another album that plays it safe on side A and brings the fire on side B. I guess side A is just getting me in the mood, what with its energetic organ work, warming me up for the beautiful "La caza del mosquito". There's a shift of tone here, one from driving synths to ethereal flutes that make you feel like you're on a mountaintop. Not only elevated but alone. This really is an album of two halves. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:28 PM.

09-28-2018, 06:59 AM	#883 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,945	Why are you deleting your old posts? __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

09-29-2018, 04:22 PM	#884 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	I have mental problems.* *I'm a man-child. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

09-29-2018, 10:14 PM	#885 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0016 Homunculus Res - Della stessa sostanza dei sogni (Italy, 2018, Canterbury scene) Canterbury scene in 2018? From Italy? This is going to be weird...nope boring. Well, wait. The first track is standard old dusty Canterbury scene, but with the second track we start hearing a distinctive Italian twist on it. The album's highlight is "Se la Mente mentisse", the only track that suddenly and randomly has female vocals, not something common in this genre, whose tubular propensity is rivaled only by metal. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:28 PM.

10-01-2018, 05:18 PM	#886 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0017 Sigur Rós - Takk… (Iceland, 2005, post-rock) Every time I listen to this album, I love it more. This is a unique band for me, since I often sing along with them, having no idea what I'm singing. It's all phonetic anyway, but the fact that they can anchor the vocals in my mind without providing any meaning allows me to consider the vocals to be just another instrument in their triumphant, uplifting soundscape. This beautiful album can evoke emotions from me like few other pieces of music can. I went over to my friend's apartment one day, and he sat me down in front of his huge speakers, turned off the lights, and played for me a song. I didn't know who it was by. He just wanted me to listen to it. So I did. Full disclosure: he had kick-ass speakers, so anything would've sounded impressive. Listening to this song was like entering a faerie land, and not the cartoonish Disney kind. I mean the proper faerie realm, one supremely pagan and one that is equal parts beautiful and dangerous. That song was "Sæglópur", and it was the beginning of my love affair with Sigur Rós' music. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:28 PM.

10-02-2018, 05:24 PM	#887 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0018 Marek Grechuta - Droga za widnokres (Poland, 1972, poezja śpiewana) I first stumbled across the poezja śpiewana genre when I found Ewa Demarczyk's 1967 gem, Ewa Demarczyk śpiewa piosenki Zygmunta Koniecznego. I think I was poking around for non-English language music and found her, was impressed by what I was hearing, and searched out more of that genre. I can't understand a word, of course, but there are translations, and for me, there's some charm also in not understanding the meaning but rather immersing myself in the sung stanzas of Polish poetry. The Russians do something like this, too: setting poetry to music. The jazz piano flourishes work well. "Pewność" is by far the best song on this album. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:29 PM.

10-02-2018, 06:41 PM	#888 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0019 Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds (Canada, 2006, chamber pop) Not only is the violin playing masterful, he does so while singing some pretty surreal songs. I also enjoy the unusual, progressive structure of the tracks. This isn't related to the music, per se, but I'm wondering what kind of relationship Owen Pallett had with Sufjan Stevens. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:29 PM.

10-03-2018, 05:22 PM	#889 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0020 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (USA, 1971, funk rock / funk) This is a first listen, and oh my goodness! I should've known. The magic that is the year 1971. I wonder if it's a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point--I just expect 1971 albums to be amazing so I make them so in my mind? Nope. Can't be that. I was slain from the opening track, with that psychedelic, apocalyptic guitar. I've rarely heard anything so soothing and hypnotic. Eddie Hazel, where did you learn to play like that? The rest of the album is pretty great, the other high point being "Super Stupid", but nothing compares to the epic opening track. It's like it opened a door to another realm. Dude's playing his guitar as if his mother had just died. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:30 PM.